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There was a net immigration of foreigners taking permanent residence in Switzerland of 83,200 in 2007, and of 103,400 in 2008. Net immigration fell moderately in 2009, to 79,000, and continued to fall to 51,190 in 2012. [19] Today, one of the economic reasons for immigration is a low income tax.
State Secretariat for Migration (Switzerland) The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) (‹See Tfd› German: Staatsekretariat für Migrationen SEM, French: Secrétariat d'État aux migrations, Italian: Segreteria di Stato per le migrazioni) is a Swiss federal authority. As of 2023, it is headed by Federal Councillor Élisabeth Baume-Schneider.
Swiss Americans are Americans of Swiss descent. Swiss emigration to America predates the formation of the United States, notably in connection with the persecution of Anabaptism during the Swiss Reformation and the formation of the Amish community. In the 19th century, there was substantial immigration of Swiss farmers, who preferred rural ...
In Switzerland, the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration" (‹See Tfd› German: Eidgenössische Volksinitiative "Gegen Masseneinwanderung", French: Initiative populaire « Contre l'immigration de masse », Italian: Iniziativa popolare "Contro l'immigrazione di massa") was a referendum that aimed to limit immigration through quotas, [3] as it had been prior to the bilateral ...
A significant wave of immigration from the former Yugoslavia to Switzerland occurred during the 1990s and 2000s. While moderate numbers of Yugoslav citizens had residence in Switzerland during the 1980s, the bulk of immigration took place as a consequence of the Yugoslav Wars and by family reunion of those who had immigrated during this period.
The Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration (FNIA) (German: Ausländer- und Integrationsgesetz (AIG), French: Loi fédérale sur les étrangers et l’intégration (LEI), Italian: Legge federale sugli stranieri e la loro integrazione (LStrI)), [1] previously known as Foreign Nationals Act (FNA) until 1 January 2019, [2] is a Swiss federal law that regulates the immigration, residence ...
Asylum law in Switzerland is governed by the Asylum Act of 1998 (AsylA), [2] the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act of 2005 (FNIA) [3] and the Geneva Convention of July 28, 1951. Switzerland applies Regulation (EU) no. 604/2013, known as "Dublin III", which determines which member state is responsible for processing an asylum application ...
Switzerland's 13 institutes of higher learning enrolled 99,600 students in the academic year of 2001–02. About 25% of the adult population hold a diploma of higher learning. According to the CIA World Factbook data for 2003, 99% of the Swiss population aged 15 and over could read and write, with the rate being identical for both sexes. [39]